sandholm Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Hi I am a mountaineer and a climber but i would never do this and i think its crazy they allows them to free climb (and in the end he let go to attach the biner, insane..) cheers
mazolaman Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Cool video,it must take some stones to do that!
DocG Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Cool video,it must take some stones to do that! Stones? I've been in combat, and this video scarred the CRAP out of me! I almost horked!
First Lady Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Dear God I think I am going to vomit... there is no amount of money you can pay me to do this... I would find the twit that designed this and tell him to climb the damn pole
daboose Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 UNBELIEVABLE! Thanks for the post. My stomach is in knots.
Wicky Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 I definitely had a physical reaction to this video. My palms are still sweaty! Good Lord thats insane!
MoneyPit Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 I'm starting to feel dizzy, I think I'm about to pass ou........(clunk)
coneatty Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 sandholm... Newbie here. Awesome video. I climb a bit, too. Mostly ice... around Lake Placid, NY. Used to do some alpine until I got married and had kids...oh well...they're worth it. But that tower climbing is insane. Thanks for posting it.
MrGlass Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 I think I would love to try that. Would definitely be wearing brown pants that day though.
CanuckSARTech Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 Stones? I've been in combat, and this video scarred the CRAP out of me! I almost horked! x 2.
rckymtn22 Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 Crazy, wouldn't catch me doing that. Not allowed to climb without using fall protection here.
Habanos2000 Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 on top of needing to be crazy to make the climb, how much work can you get done in a day considering the climb up and down, 10 minutes? It must sway like bucking bronco way up there! No thanks.
Wicky Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 on top of needing to be crazy to make the climb, how much work can you get done in a day considering the climb up and down, 10 minutes? It must sway like bucking bronco way up there! No thanks. Precisely. It must swing like a pendulum! Imagine getting down!!
Warren Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 I used to service and repair those platforms you see workers in on the out side of high rise buildings. You know the ones that run up and down on cables. I've had to climb out of windows higher than 15 stories and climb onto a platform that is swinging in the breeze. That video almost made me puke but at the end of the day you're just as dead from a 100 foot fall. Although from the hight of that tower I reckon you would have enough time to learn how to fly.
SandmanTR Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 What a great video. I saw this posted on the LA Times web site the other day and it surely brought back some "not-so-fond" memories. I was with a group of guys, years ago, and we started a company that delivered wireless related services to business. We climbed a lot of towers. Not 1700 FT towers but it was not uncommon for us to climb a 400 FT (122M) tower (like the photos below). With no elevator mind you, like the one in the video. I would never "free climb" a tower at that height, or any height. However, my business partner would do it in a heart beat. I'm so glad we decided to do something different. I have way too many grey hairs from that part of my life. BTW. It's ridiculously tiresome to climb a 400 FT (122M) tower... ...thought I'd share some photos of the last tower we climbed some years ago.
mazolaman Posted September 18, 2010 Posted September 18, 2010 Nice pictures,looking at the heat,that would have to be an early morning job!
bob25 Posted September 18, 2010 Posted September 18, 2010 The video is no longer available for copyright material reason ,too bad.
shrink Posted September 18, 2010 Posted September 18, 2010 If you want to see some free climbing that will have your heart in your throat, check out Dan Osman
mazolaman Posted September 18, 2010 Posted September 18, 2010 If you want to see some free climbing that will have your heart in your throat, check out Dan Osman To add to this,and the general film theme going on,Try and catch "Man on Wire" It's a documentary about Philipe Petit(IIRRightly),who set up a trapeze wire between the twin towers,in 1973,unbeknown to the authorities,and as the sun rose went wandering back and forwards across it! An excellent film,and a daring feet,in more innocent times....
Warren Posted September 19, 2010 Posted September 19, 2010 If you want to see some free climbing that will have your heart in your throat, check out Dan Osman Yeah I don't think I'd want to spend much time doing that either.
Disburden Posted September 19, 2010 Posted September 19, 2010 Totally afraid of heights, I get dizzy climbing a ladder nevermind anything else like this!
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